Parliament calls on the Council to finally act to tackle hate speech and hate crime in the EU. The draft report asks for progress on classifying hate speech and hate crime as “EU crimes” - a process stalled in Council since 2022. MEPs highlight the need to ensure all individuals and groups that can become targets of hate are protected, and to ensure that freedom of expression is not exploited to protect hate speech and hate crimes. They are also set to call for an “open-ended” approach whereby incidents would be assessed based on their contextual circumstances. MEP's debate

statement

Strasbourg

debate

plenary session

LÓPEZ AGUILAR, Juan Fernando (S&D, ES)

ŠOJDROVÁ, Michaela (EPP, CZ)

COELHO, Carlos (EPP, PT)

fight against hate speech, populism, and fake news on social media (T)

LEBRETON, Gilles (ID, FR)

MAYER, Georg (ID, AT)

BARLEY, Katarina (S&D, DE)

VONDRA, Alexandr (ECR, CZ)

NOVAK, Ljudmila (EPP, SI)

KELLER, Fabienne (Renew, FR)

MANDL, Lukas (EPP, AT)

CSEH, Katalin (Renew, HU)

BIEDROŃ, Robert (S&D, PL)

HAKKARAINEN, Teuvo (ECR, FI)

SLABAKOV, Andrey (ECR, BG)

POLLÁK, Peter (EPP, SK)

KEMPA, Beata (ECR, PL)

ADAMOWICZ, Magdalena (EPP, PL)

JAKI, Patryk (ECR, PL)

KOHUT, Łukasz (S&D, PL)

KIZILYÜREK, Niyazi (The Left, CY)

FRITZON, Heléne (S&D, SE)

DALY, Clare (The Left, IE)

WALLACE, Mick (The Left, IE)

KOLAJA, Marcel (Greens/EFA, CZ)

DAVID, Ivan (ID, CZ)

DE MAN, Filip (ID, BE)

KOUNTOURA, Elena (The Left, EL)

RAFAELA, Samira (Renew, NL)

VAN SPARRENTAK, Kim (Greens/EFA, NL)

SEEKATZ, Ralf (EPP, DE)

SARDONE, Silvia (ID, IT)

DONATO, Francesca (NI, IT)

CECCARDI, Susanna (ID, IT)

KUHNKE, Alice (Greens/EFA, SE)

GLAVAK, Sunčana (EPP, HR)

PONSATÍ OBIOLS, Clara (NI, ES)

ENGERER, Cyrus (S&D, MT)

CHAGNON, Patricia (ID, FR)

OHLSSON, Carina (S&D, SE)

KEMP, Martine (EPP, LU)

Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime: MEP's debate

SOUNDBITE (Original), Robert BIEDRO&#323; (S&amp;D, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Magdalena ADAMOWICZ (EPP, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Katarina BARLEY (S&amp;D, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Samira RAFAELA (Renew, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Alexandr VONDRA (ECR, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Patricia CHAGNON (ID, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Clare DALY (The Left, IE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Clara PONSAT&#205; OBIOLS (NI, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Lukas MANDL (EPP, AT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Hel&#233;ne FRITZON (S&amp;D, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Katalin CSEH (Renew, HU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Kim VAN SPARRENTAK (Greens/EFA, NL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Patryk JAKI (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Silvia SARDONE (ID, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Elena KOUNTOURA (The Left, EL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Francesca DONATO (NI, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Peter POLL&#193;K (EPP, SK), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Juan Fernando L&#211;PEZ AGUILAR (S&amp;D, ES), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Fabienne KELLER (Renew, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Marcel KOLAJA (Greens/EFA, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Teuvo HAKKARAINEN (ECR, FI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Filip DE MAN (ID, BE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Niyazi KIZILY&#220;REK (The Left, CY), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Carlos COELHO (EPP, PT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), &#321;ukasz KOHUT (S&amp;D, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Beata KEMPA (ECR, PL), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ivan DAVID (ID, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Martine KEMP (EPP, LU), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Carina OHLSSON (S&amp;D, SE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Andrey SLABAKOV (ECR, BG), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Georg MAYER (ID, AT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Sun&#269;ana GLAVAK (EPP, HR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Cyrus ENGERER (S&amp;D, MT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Gilles LEBRETON (ID, FR), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ljudmila NOVAK (EPP, SI), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Ralf SEEKATZ (EPP, DE), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Michaela &#352;OJDROV&#193; (EPP, CZ), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Susanna CECCARDI (ID, IT), -

SOUNDBITE (Original), Mick WALLACE (The Left, IE), -